Thought I’d share these thoughts as they came to me the other day. Don’t know if that had anything to do with my recently perusing the contents of a book in the Brisbane airport on “Ten Ways to Succeed,” long on the New York Times Bestseller List.
Would be good
To start right over again.
Go back to the beginnings,
To Christianity 1-A,
Go see what Jesus said.
And not just said, but first said,
At the beginnings of his formal teaching
To those most earnest to follow,
Where he sat on the mountain
And uttered truths most basic.
Things most important to get,
In terms easy to remember.
And what do I find . . .
But words most attractive to avoid?
A list of aspirations, NOT!
And I say, “Really, is this for me?”
Be poor in spirit, “What?”
Mourn,
Be meek,
Hunger and thirst to be good.
Show mercy,
Be pure,
Make peace,
Maltreatment for right action, accept.
“What?” Hardly aspirations for the successful life.
But there it is—the starting point.
It’s an upside down world we’re called to. I’m trying to fathom the meaning. Maybe as I put them into action, then I’ll better know.
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Taken from Matthew 5:3-10.
Our Lives Together
Its About Life
3:57 am
Sometimes I think that some of my friends place a higher value on the Constitution of the U.S. than on the Sermon on the Mount. I don’t know if you’re headed in that direction, but I mention it for what it’s worth. Thanks for your words!
6:33 am
Thanks Hyatt. For me, those words are a formula for my own peace and joy. No striving, no conflict, just peace of mind and joy of blessing. It’s not natural for me and so the Lord continues to work in me. He has much to do yet.
9:29 am
The culture we’re in is so image-driven, it’s easy for me to forget the true calling to my true self. The “Imposter”, as Brennan Manning calls him, finds his home so easily in our world, and feeds us lies by the minute as to what is of value. Drifting with the social climate is not a good thing, for any of us. God took initiative and loved us in our poor, shipwrecked state. Now it’s our turn.
9:49 am
Once again Hyatt….wow. I am so moved by your words your blog is a continuous blessing and motivator to me……..and I need it. Thanks
11:24 am
The words are wise and timely, as usual. ( =
However, I have especially noted and enjoyed your choice of photo: from the musical, “How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying.”
Clever and worth a chuckle. Thanks.
11:59 am
To me it is the answer to ‘I’ ‘me’ and ‘my’. The answer to letting go. Not by defense of ourselves, but of getting ourselves out of the way of God revealing Himself in and through us. There, right there, is the work I must labor into. To enter His rest. Letting him shine in me and I’m at peace. Why is it so hard to reach this kind of peace … not being ‘more’, not being ‘less’, just being?
4:46 pm
Vintage Hyatt Moore!
11:32 am
Hyatt, your blog entry speaks often to where I am in life. Thank you for writing. I just read Webster’s definition of meek, and it says…”like a lamb to the slaughter”.
10:45 pm
Interesting that another friend recently shared on her blog site, “There Should Be More Weeping.” Upside down world, yes, and yet so right from God’s perspective.
Thanks Hyatt!
8:07 pm
Thanks for reminding us Hyatt…..”spot on”
LLT